Monday 5/4--Comprehensive grammar test in class
Tues 5/5--No homework! Watch Gatsby in class.
Weds 5/6--Read "Characters," "Setting," "The Play" and Fences, Act One, scene 1 (pp. 1-20)
Thurs 5/7--Read Fences, pp. 21-40 (Act One, scenes 2 and 3)
Fri 5/8--Read Fences, pp. 41-58 (Finish Act One)
Mon 5/11--Read Fences, pp. 59-77 (Act Two, scenes 1 and 2)
Tues 5/12--Finish Fences, pp. 78-101 (Act Two, scenes 3, 4, and 5)
Weds 5/13--In-class essay on Fences.
To study, I'd suggest opening the attachment posted below ("5/12--Fences_Harkness") and follow my tips at the top of the doc.
Thurs 5/14--Please re-read your Gatsby essay and my comments, then post the following on Canvas:
Your original Gatsby essay with all the mechanical errors fixed.
Please highlight or underline all the mechanical changes you made
One paragraph of this essay revised (you don't need to pick the most challenging paragraph, but pick one that does require at least a few changes).
This assignment is graded Pass/Fail.
Please look at this sample essay on Gatsby:
Fri 5/15--VEII, chapter 10, plus:
Read through the following essays and my comments on them:
"Cell One" essay (on word doc--you handed in a paper copy to me)
"Red Convertible" essay on turnitin.com
Odyssey, "Snowman/Clarice," and 12th Night essays on Google docs
As you're reading through these old essays, please note:
patterns in mechanical errors
errors you're no longer making
errors you're still making
ways your analytical thinking has improved
Then write the following (to post on Canvas)--
Write this as a letter: "Dear Sophomore Year Self,"
Discuss/note the mechanical errors you made at the beginning of the year and are no longer making
Note mechanical errors you're still making
Discuss/note the ways your analytical thinking has improved
How has my writing improved overall from the beginning of the year?
What do I want to remind myself of going into the final?
What advice about writing do I to give my sophomore year self in the fall?
Mon 5/18--Master Vocabulary Test on VEII.
Please review all 150 words!
Tues 5/19--Begin reviewing for final
Please read the English 1 Study Guide posted below. (Please note that I've decided to leave poetry off the final.)
On Canvas, please post a list with three ideas, values or themes Twelfth Night, The Great Gatsby, and Fences share.
After each idea/value/theme, please say a few words about how that theme is expressed in each work.
Note: it is not enough to say that "love" is a theme in all three texts. As with thesis sentences, specificity is the key here!
Here's the link to the assignment page on Canvas: Three Themes
Wed 5/20--On Canvas, please post the following:
A 350+ word freewrite on the theme you found most interesting that all three texts share.
Be sure to incorporate at least ONE quotation from each of the texts (Twelfth Night, The Great Gatsby, Fences)
Here's the link: Freewrite (with Quotations) on Theme
Thurs 5/21--Last day of class!
Write the following on a Google doc I'll post:
The titles of 1-3 books you'd suggest to your classmates and me for summer reading.
A brief description of the book/s and why you think your classmates and I might be interested in reading it/them.
Note: I've posted another sample essay for you to read. This one is on Fences. I recommend you read this as part of your preparation for the final (always helpful to read other students' analytical essays): sample essay on Fences
Please post your themes (that you posted on canvas on the shared google doc for your period:
Period 6: Themes to Prepare for Final--period 6
Period 7: Themes for Final--period 7